MicroProse

MicroProse is an American video game publisher and developer founded by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982. It began the Civilization and X-COM series, and most of its in-house titles were vehicle simulations and strategy games, including F-15 Strike Eagle, Gunship, Pirates! and the Grand Prix racing series. In 1993 it lost most of its British staff and became a subsidiary of Spectrum HoloByte, and in 1996 Sid Meier left with colleagues to form Firaxis Games. Hasbro Interactive took it over in 1998, and in 2001 the company ceased to exist as an entity, with its properties sold to Infogrames. The brand was revived in 2007, owned by Cybergun from 2010 to 2018, and then bought by David Lagettie working with Stealey, after which it began publishing again and re-released its catalogue.